OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will travel to Paris for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, where she will lead discussions on Haiti, artificial intelligence and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Global Affairs Canada announced the trip on Sunday. Anand will engage with G7 counterparts and invited guests to advance Canada’s priorities on international peace and security and address pressing global challenges.
“In Paris, Minister Anand will advance Canada’s national security and foreign policy priorities and reinforce its commitment to multilateral cooperation,” the department said.
During the meeting, Anand will lead discussions on Haiti, artificial intelligence and Russia’s war on Ukraine, as well as hybrid threats against North America, Europe and beyond. The discussions are meant to give Canada a chance to frame opportunities for G7 partners to strengthen coordination and advance collective responses to threats to international stability.
She will also take part in discussions on the situation in the Middle East, ongoing challenges across Africa and evolving dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, and is expected to hold bilateral meetings with counterparts to strengthen Canada’s relationships with key partners.
The Indo-Pacific session is the one Surrey’s South Asian community will watch most closely, as Canada and India continue rebuilding ties after the two prime ministers set a new roadmap for the relationship earlier this year. Anand met her Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on the sidelines of a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in France in March.
(Source: Global Affairs Canada release, November 8, 2026)
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